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Fundamentals of Developing a Business-to-Consumer Solution with Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 Course

Course Description

This four-day, instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to develop and deploy a Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 solution.

This course is primarily intended for application developers who need to build e-commerce solutions with Commerce Server 2002.

Delegates will learn how to:
  • Describe the basic features of Commerce Server 2002 and the way the features work together to allow frameworks to be built for commerce-driven Web sites
  • Describe the fundamentals of e-commerce Web sites
  • Understand the Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 approach for building e-commerce Web sites
  • Work with Commerce Server 2002 tools
  • Describe the integration of Commerce Server 2002 with Microsoft .NET
  • Work with and extend the Profile system of Commerce Server
  • Authenticate users of the Commerce Server Web sites
  • Design and implement product catalogs
  • Work with baskets and pipelines to build a complete checkout process for shoppers
  • Describe the analysis features provided by Commerce Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and Analysis Services
  • Work with existing reports, and create new reports for use by business analysts
  • Apply data mining models to Commerce Server site data.
  • Describe the content selection and targeting system of Commerce Server
  • Implement Commerce Server ad campaigns, discount campaigns, and direct mail campaigns
  • Extend the Commerce Server business desk.
  • Build multilingual Commerce Web sites

Course pre-requisites:

Before attending this course, students must have:

  • Knowledge of Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework.
  • Knowledge of ASP.NET.
  • An understanding of what commerce-driven Web sites should achieve for enterprises and business users.

Topics covered on the 4 day Fundamentals of Developing a Business-to-Consumer Solution with Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 course

Introducing Commerce Server 2002

  • Commerce Server 2002 Placement
  • Commerce Server 2002 Themes and Features
  • Commerce Server 2002 Anatomy
  • Windows Server 2003 Support

Introduction to E-Commerce Web Sites

  • Characteristics of E-Commerce Sites
  • Overview of E-Commerce Site Functionality

The Commerce Server 2002 Approach for Building E-Commerce Web Sites

  • Introduction to the Retail2002 Site
  • Features of the Retail2002 Site

Working with Commerce Server 2002 Tools

  • Development and Business Tools
  • Administration Tools

Commerce Server in a .NET World

  • Big Bets on .NET
  • Commerce Server and the .NET Framework
  • Commerce Server Architecture

Extending the Profile System

  • Profiling System Overview
  • Profiling System Administration
  • Profiling System Object Model

User Identification and Authentication

  • Authentication Components
  • Custom Authentication
  • .NET Enhancements for Authentication
  • Authentication .NET Object Model
  • Commerce Authentication Module

Commerce Server Catalog System

  • Product Catalog System
  • Catalog Variations
  • B2B: Catalog Exchange and Import/Export
  • Catalog Management API

Implementing the Basket and Order Pipelines

  • Baskets
  • Pipelines

Business Analytics System Overview

  • Applying Business Analytics to E-Business
  • E-Business Information Challenges
  • Closing the Loop
  • Release Themes
  • Analysis Architecture
  • Overview of Analysis Reports
  • Overview of Data Mining
  • Overview of Predictor
  • Overview of Targeting

Analysis and Reporting

  • Analysis Features
  • Report Types
  • Reporting Extensibility
  • Enabling Report Preparation - DTS Processing
  • Data Warehouse Extensibility
  • Commerce Server Event Structure
  • Logging Commerce Server Events

Working with Predictor

  • Business Questions
  • Technical Challenges
  • Solution: Data Mining
  • Data Mining Models
  • Using Predictor
  • Building Models
  • Deploying Models
  • Predictor Tutorial

Introduction to the Targeting System

  • Commerce Server Targeting
  • Targeting System
  • Content Selection Framework
  • Expression Builder
  • Direct Marketing

Commerce Server Discounts and Campaigns

  • Campaign Manager Features
  • Discounts and Merchandising
  • Reuse Policies
  • Discount SDK Samples

Module 15: Extending the Business Desk

  • Introduction to the Business Desk
  • Task Button Configuration
  • Special Tasks
  • Shared UI Routines
  • Rich UI Widgets
  • Security

Module 16: Commerce Server Going Global

  • Infrastructure Improvements
  • International Features of the Catalog System
  • International Features of the Marketing System
  • International Features of Order Processing
  • International Features of the Data Warehouse and Analysis Components
  • Multilingual Deployment
  • SDK Sitelets

Course Classification:  Technical Training Course

This is an instructor led training course taught in a classroom based environment.


Course Fee = £1240   (excl.VAT)

Scheduled course dates

September 2010October 2010November 2010December 2010January 2011
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If you would prefer to run this course at your premises as you have several employees to place on the course perhaps, then we are also able to offer onsite MCSD Training and bespoke MCSD courses